The leading role played by the international community was
spelled out by US ambassador Gerald Feierstein in an
interview with Al-Sharq al-Awsat:
“We hope that the dialogue will begin after the feast of
Ramadan. The second point is to prepare for the national referendum and
the elections. This consists of several steps. The Gulf
initiative authorised the government to form a higher committee for the
elections and the referendum. We are in contact with the government to
encourage it to do so. We are also learning about the opinions of the political leaders on this subject. After that, we review and update the
voters' register. The international group is ready to work closely with
the higher elections and referendum committee to offer assistance in
this regard. I hope we will begin this process in September so
we will have enough time to prepare a credible voters'
register.
“The constitutional amendments or drawing up a draft of the
new constitution is another aspect of the second transitional phase.
This will be the result of the national dialogue. I hope that the draft
of the new constitution will be ready at the beginning of next year so
it can be ratified in the general referendum. We also mention
the work related to the restructuring of the armed forces and the
security forces. We are working to finalise this with a number of
institutions in the defence ministry and the interior
ministry, and we are satisfied with what has been
accomplished.
“Our impression regarding the articles of the Gulf
initiative that have been accomplished is extremely positive. We are on
the right road to accomplish many more of the resolutions of the
initiative within the set deadlines until the end of the
transitional phase by the beginning of February 2014.”
© 2012 Menas Associates
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